1965 Auburn Tigers football team

1965 Auburn Tigers football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–13 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–5–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (15th season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium Legion Field

1965 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Auburn	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
No. 7 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
Florida	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 8 LSU	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Tennessee's game against South Carolina and Georgia's game against Clemson counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 74th overall and 32nd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 15th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC) and with a loss against Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18	Baylor*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 8–14
September 25	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	T 13–13
October 2	No. 6 Kentucky	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 23–18
October 9	Chattanooga*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 30–7
October 16	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta	L 14–23
October 23	Southern Miss*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 0–3
October 30	No. 7 Florida	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	W 28–17
November 6	Mississippi State	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 25–18
November 13	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 21–19
November 27	vs. No. 5 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	L 3–30
December 18	vs. Ole Miss*	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl)	L 7–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Source: 1965 Auburn football schedule